New details have emerged in the case against a woman who allegedly stole more than $30,000 from a local homeless shelter, of which she was in charge.

Leona Jull, the former executive director of Woodland's Fourth & Hope, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday, Oct. 3, in Yolo County Superior Court.

Jull, 46, allegedly spent $6,687 in unauthorized check and credit card transactions with Fourth & Hope funds, charged $17,841 in gas and made $7,673 in unauthorized restaurant charges to the organization, according to court documents.

After obtaining a search warrant in June, Woodland Police Detective Greg Elliot discovered furniture, clothing and other items that had been purchased by Jull using Fourth & Hope money, said Michael Cabral, assistant chief deputy district attorney, in his declaration for an arrest warrant on Aug. 9.

The residential search took place on June 18, about three months after Jull resigned as executive director after serving 12 years. She had no clear explanation as to why she was stepping down.

Jull, a resident of Arbuckle, was arrested on felony charges of grand theft and booked into the Colusa County Jail Aug. 13. She posted $20,000 bail and was released from custody. She has remained free on bail.

According to court documents, Elliot met with Jean Jordan, Fourth and Hope's current board chairwoman, on March 20.

"Ms. Jordan told Detective Elliot that after receiving complaints fro staff concerning financial misconduct by Executive Director Leona Jull, the Board of Directors of Fourth & Hope conducted an investigation and determined that Leona Jull had violated policies and misused the Fourth & Hope credit card she had been provided," stated Cabral in the declaration for an arrest warrant.

Woodland Police Lt. Anthony Cucchi said that the administration of Fourth & Hope contacted the Woodland Police Department on April 10 "regarding a loss of money that was possibly stolen by an employee," in a statement. After an investigation, detectives revealed the money had been stolen over the past three years, he added.

Fourth & Hope's interim executive director Doug Zeck has had no comment since the arrest, fielding questions to Jordan.

However, he had plenty to say when he met with The Democrat April 18 - about a month after Jordan met with Woodland Police - maintaining at the time that there was no investigation under way as far as he was aware.

Zeck served as chairman of the board until Jull left and he stepped down to fill the interim executive director role. Jordan became chairwoman of the board at that time.

"I've heard a lot of rumors and I've not personally been able to confirm the rumors," he said at the time. "If you look a Fourth & Hope and how it's growing, everyone including (Jull) has done a tremendous job. If it wasn't for her and the directors before her we wouldn't be where we are today."

Beginning in March, the same month Jull abruptly resigned, The Democrat began to received reports from individuals regarding alleged misconduct by Fourth & Hope staff, including Jull. Those accounts ranged from mis-appropriating funds to withholding donations.

Except for two clients who stayed at the shelter for nine days at the end of March, post-Jull's resignation, no one has been willing to go public with their names.

At the time of her resignation in March, Jull issued a statement saying, "It is with mixed emotions that I leave an organization that I have spent over a decade. While I look forward to new opportunities and challenges, I will miss dearly my friends and my work at Fourth & Hope."